Gonzaga, the preseason favorite to win the WCC championship, is coming off a 56-24 victory at Portland last weekend. The Bulldogs also have three players averaging double figures in Haiden Palmer (15.7 ppg), Sunny Greinacher (11.3 ppg) and Lindsay Sherbert (10.2 ppg).

Gonzaga swept the season series last year, beating the Cougars three times, including the conference tournament semifinals. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series, 7-5. The last time BYU beat Gonzaga in Spokane was on Dec. 2, 2000, when the Cougars earned a 74-57 win.

Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..